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Securing personal freedom through institutions : the role of electoral democracy and judicial independence
Berggren, Niclas; Gutmann, Jerg - 2019
freedom is frequently associated with electoral democracy, developments in countries such as Hungary, Poland, Turkey and … Russia, where elected populist leaders with authoritarian tendencies rule, suggest that electoral democracy may not be the … provide a firmer foundation. We investigate empirically how electoral democracy and judicial independence relate to personal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011995261
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Securing personal freedom through institutions : the role of electoral democracy and judicial independence
Berggren, Niclas; Gutmann, Jerg - 2019
freedom is frequently associated with electoral democracy, developments in countries such as Hungary, Poland, Turkey and … Russia, where elected populist leaders with authoritarian tendencies rule, suggest that electoral democracy may not be the … provide a firmer foundation. We investigate empirically how electoral democracy and judicial independence relate to personal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011994154
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The economic analysis of populism a selective review of the literature
Ocampo, Emilio - 2019
to the latter, it raises a conundrum: if populist policies are detrimental to economic growth, as most economists agree …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012009237
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The social preferences of democratically elected decision makers and the conflict between wealth generation and distribution
Gaudeul, Alexia; Keser, Claudia - 2017
, altruism and concern for inequality. We find that decision makers who are selected democratically are generally more efficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011753528
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Soft paternalism, merit goods, and normative individualism
Kirchgässner, Gebhard - 2015
Paternalism is an attempt to influence individuals’ decisions for their own benefit, even if there are no third parties involved. This seems to contradict normative individualism, which provides the general orientation to our modern democracies. Soft or libertarian paternalism accepts the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011318409
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Soft paternalism, merit goods, and normative individualism
Kirchgässner, Gebhard - 2014
Paternalism is an attempt to influence individuals' decisions for their own benefit, even if there are no third parties involved. This seems to contradict normative individualism, which provides the general orientation to our modern democracies. Soft or libertarian paternalism accepts the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010256131
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Political economy of growth with a taste for status
Davis, Lewis S. - In: Journal of public economics 168 (2018), pp. 35-46
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012036000
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Ingemar Ståhl 1938-2014. A Portrait of a Political Economist in the Swedish Welfare State
Jonung, Lars - 2019
For many decades, Ingemar Ståhl was a well-known economist in Sweden. He introduced new perspectives into research, teaching and public debate. He made his presence felt in areas as diverse as housing policy, defense economics, energy policy, financial economics, industrial policy, higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208860
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Policy experimentation, political competition, and heterogeneous beliefs
Millner, Antony; Ollivier, Hélène; Simon, Leo K. - 2014
We consider a two period model in which an incumbent political party chooses the level of a current policy variable unilaterally, but faces competition from a political opponent in the future. Both parties care about voters payoffs, but they have different beliefs about how policy choices will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010366185
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Policy Experimentation, Political Competition, and Heterogeneous Beliefs
Millner, Antony - 2014
We consider a two period model in which an incumbent political party chooses the level of a current policy variable unilaterally, but faces competition from a political opponent in the future. Both parties care about voters payoffs, but they have different beliefs about how policy choices will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051379